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Real estate CIOs drive deals with data

CIO Business Intelligence

The residential real estate industry may not be perceived to be as digitally aggressive as Wall Street titans and multinational manufacturing conglomerates. We made a commitment to be truly cloud native and build an architecture that wasn’t burdened by any legacy infrastructure,” says Cox.

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McKinsey report details how hybrid work is ‘here to stay’ and the ripple effects on real estate

GeekWire

highlights “substantial” challenges for cities and commercial real estate players due to the long-term impacts from hybrid work. The Federal Reserve said it has concerns about the impact of declining office demand on the commercial real estate sector. banks, particularly community or regional banks.

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Commercial furniture and equipment procurement platform Source snags $8.5M

GeekWire

Source CEO Nicole Schmidt says the hospitality industry has been a driver of growth amid the broader real estate market slowdown. based startup that helps architectural and design firms procure interior design products for commercial real estate projects, raised $8.5 Source Photo) Source , a Portland, Ore.-based

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Zillow starts using AI for virtual home tours

GeekWire

Zillow Image) Seattle-based real estate technology company Zillow is leveraging artificial intelligence to create more immersive listings designed to stand out from the pack and help a home sell faster. Zillow’s Listing Showcase combines media and immersive virtual viewing to present a home’s features and layout.

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Blue Origin Wants In on Luxury Space Real Estate

Gizmodo

Blue Origin has big plans for its own space station, a project called Orbital Reef that would be “mixed use business park” and the “premier commercial destination in low Earth orbit.” Sort of like a cruise ship that fits 10 people and doesn’t travel to multiple destinations. It’ll be a little smaller than the… Read more.

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Inside Amazon’s new Bellevue office tower, where the company is testing evolving workplace designs

GeekWire

“We’re learning that employees are working a little bit differently than before,” said Gina Klem , an Amazon global real estate and facilities director. So it’s a comfortable place,” said Steve Erickson , principal at the architecture firm SABA+BA, who helped lead Wednesday’s tour.

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Amazon unveils design plans for Virginia HQ2, with dramatic spiral ‘Helix’ building as centerpiece

GeekWire

” In a new blog post on Tuesday, Amazon’s global real estate chief John Schoettler offered up details on the architectural and ecological elements at PenPlace, the name of the site where Amazon will someday station 25,000 employees in the suburb of Washington, D.C. But that’s not Seattle’s Spheres.